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    • Tech_Issus [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      “During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative.” -Michael Parenti

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Thought terminating cliches on the right - “Tankie!” “Putler!” “Genocide Denier!”

        “Thought has terminated” cliche on the left - This guy in 1986 succinctly explained why nothing you say will ever get through the reinforced liberal brain-pan